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| A perspective shot to see how steep this actually is |
Well I have said farewell to El Paso. All in all the experience was not so bad but being away from home is never a fun experience. My original plan was to drive from El Paso to Farmington, NM after work on my last day and then continuing home the following day. I talked with one of my brothers about meeting up in Moab and doing some mountain biking to break up the trip so a new plan was born. I secured a hotel room in Moab and began the long arduous journey. I made good time, despite the gale force cross winds that had me steering sideways to go straight, until I entered New Mexico. Every freeway was under construction and traffic was terrible. I lost about two hours but was able to enjoy the road side signs that depicted the great flavor of the local culture. My favorite sign was for the Las Cruces Holy
Ghost Recreational Area. Unfortunately I did not have time to explore as I was behind schedule as it was. I drove on. And on. And on.
I finally arrived in Cortez Colorado and was looking for a highway that would take me to Monticello, UT. I drove through Cortez and then noticed that my compass in the car said I was heading south. I told myself that I would drive for another ten minutes and if I did not see a sign for the highway I would turn
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| Staring into the abyss |
around and head back toward Cortez. Long story short I could not find the highway anywhere and finally asked for directions. Apparently the name of the highway had been changed several years ago but no one bothered to tell the people that made my road atlas. Consequently the road I was looking for was Highway 666. Figures!
At midnight I finally arrived in Moab a few minutes after my brothers. We checked in and messed around until 1 and then hit the hay. My oldest brother has an internal alarm clock that will not let him sleep past 6:30 or so and when he wakes up so does everyone else. This is more out of fear of what he would do you while you slept than because you felt like getting up. By 7 we were ready to go down to the continental breakfast the hotel provided which consisted of toast. We worked on our bikes for a bit and then headed to Dead Horse Point where we went on a 9 mile loop ride that was easy but fun.
After that we went to one of our favorite rides called M&M. I was super tired by then and my legs felt like I had the jelly legs jinx cast on them. The nice thing about the M&M ride is that there are a lot of places to mess around and so you can rest. The pictures of the bowl are from that ride. It was a very fun break from the trip although it did nothing to improve the soreness of my backside.
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| The stallions corralled |
This is a video clip of a spill my brother took, I cannot open it on my computer but he said he could on his so if you can watch it enjoy.
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| A photo taken in tribute of my dad's smile in our family photos |
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| A camelback sweat stain |
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| A rock formation on the M&M ride, my oldest brother is at the base on the left |
1 comment:
Nice post, babe. Glad you got to do this and have fun with your bro's. Love you!
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